Webinar: Effective Labeling and Design for Compostable Products and Packaging: Data, Insights, and Discussion by Sustainable Packaging Coalition

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About This Webinar

Effective, consistent and truthful labeling of compostable products and packaging remains an ongoing challenge for consumers, policymakers and composters alike. Join Closed Loop Partners as they share insights from their joint Consumer Labeling Study which was co-led with the Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI). This fireside chat will preview first-of-its-kind consumer research that measures the effectiveness of different on-item labeling techniques and designs for compostable packaging and consumer behavior around composting. The virtual gathering will include group discussions and Q&A with participants.

Presenters

Caroline Barry - Moderator

Program Manager, Closed Loop Partners

Caroline Barry is the Program Manager at Closed Loop Partners, which is comprised of three key business segments: an investment firm, innovation center and operating group. The innovation center, the Center for the Circular Economy, unites competitors and partners to tackle complex material challenges and implement systemic change to advance circularity. Caroline supports the Center’s Composting Consortium, a multi-year collaboration across the entire compostable packaging value chain to pilot industry-wide solutions and build a roadmap for investment in technologies and infrastructure that enable the recovery of food scraps and food-contact compostable packaging. She holds a Master’s in Sustainable Food Systems from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Paula Luu - Speaker

Senior Project Director, Closed Loop Partners

Paula is a Senior Project Director at Closed Loop Partners, which is comprised of three key business segments: an investment firm, innovation center and operating group. Paula’s work focuses on evaluating new technologies, materials, and markets to drive investment towards viable, safe, and circular solutions and to accelerate their commercialization. Paula currently leads the Center for the Circular Economy's Composting Consortium, a cross-industry initiative focused on scaling food waste diversion and the organics recovery infrastructure in the United States. She received her MBA and Master’s in Sustainability from the University of Michigan and her BA from UC Berkeley.